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IEELAiXiD . JiR . O'COXNELL'i VISIT TO CHARLEVILLEThe Limerkk Reporter ooatafau » ™ ry long accent oi Mr . O ' ConneU ' s vi « t to Charlie , eoonty of Cork The foUo-wiig is an ibridgmant : — Mi . O'Canndl slept at Nen ^ en Wednesday n !* ht , sad arived , accompanied by Mr . Steele and Mr . E . W . SmSobj , in Bimadt . at ten .. ' clock yesterday norniig % bffl ha * af . « l for Ch ^ eTiUe taking Eruffm his rente . At Bruffhe vss joined by hundreds of the ^ ssntrv on horseback , and , when' he halted to change v aries ^ as received * J Dr . Swrny , bead repeal * r . rden of Braff , and his exceient stsiff , with a teetotal bauu . irhich struct np " See-the corqusring hero com . s . Af'er delsfin ; fur -bent ten mlnntes . he proceedec on
his journey , sccomFsaied by Dr . S « yny and a numerous civjeade . From Brnff to KilmaUock the irfao ' . e country round poured fcrth its ! e-s and hundreds of tb-nsi ^ da of men . -sronien . and chiHrtn , vtbczn tie terrors of a coercion bill c-. i \ d net prevent from jvirjicg in its m&irniScect demonstration in faTcar of Rppeal . From Kilmallock to Charlevilie the ssene aloce U :-= road was cf the mest animating description . Ai fat as the ere conM reach a vast mass of human beices presented itself to the view , carrying laurels and boughs of trees in their bends , eo a * to present the appearance of a m ^ vin ? forest , so dens < = -was the crowd which filled the roa ^ . At KunsaHotk the carriage was met t > v ^ dtc-sTit'OB from the CorgregsieU Tradts cf
Limelick , with their bam . era , and sttired in the same way as thty hid brers' on the day ¦ p- t . en the ? met him aftw miles from Lirner . ck , en his vray from Ra ' ikeale , avd by th u ^ ic ' -a of the CJarleville people and the distric : immtdiately sTrrroniiainx it , hea ' drd by their respected pastor , the Rrv . Mr . Crc-ke . and his curate , the R ; v . 3 ir . Dwyer , w : th tiro le&peiivc-j boS'is , all carryirg wzsie , sad wtarina Hb » sad green sashes . The R-v . Mr . Crcie sat with tne Liberator en the diefcey of his carriage . A 3 it aaTarceii the nzimtcia increased tecfo ! d , lrhile the same ch-.-rin ? ar . d waTiug of hats continued to rend the air with urclsinstioiiB . Some idea may be formed of this splendid ace ina ^ nificc-nt demonstration cf popular strength , ¦ when we state tb . it from Bruff , ¦ which is a distance of ten miles , to CnarlevUle , the Liberator ' s carriage tras obliged to proceed it a waiting
pace , so great was the immense cavcleaae which accompanied it . Ha arrived in Cfcarlevilie % t a quarter to five o'clock , accompanied , in procession , by at least two hundred thousand persons , who rent the- sir with their enthnrsstic gr&tulations . The sane in the prin cpal street of CiarlerilJe was at "this sjoraent ore of the most animating description . Tes hf > e « e-top 3 were ffowded by advenmroc ? spirits , the wiuaows by elegantly dressed ladies , wio 'sraved their handkerchiefs . A larce pJitfcrm wse erected in the cent-- , of the Etrest opposite the martet-houEe , in wh . ch wss stationed a party cf the 45 th Xight Infantry ar . d a stipendiary magistrate After considerable difficulty , the carriage arriv ? - - .. r-p- ^ r . e tie p ' stfonn . tot it wa 3 sd crowded , £ L& iz- > :-rris sc i Licked np , that Mr . O'Co : nell found it was irajH ^ sibis t ^ make h s way , and accordingly deterrnired to address the mcItBde frr . ni the dickey .
On the motion cf . Mieh . iel Ryan , E ^ q ., of Bruree , the Rev . Mr . Crake was called to the chair . Mr . O'Conneli addressed ths multitude at great length . It had , he obserred , been said by a person ¦ who was represented the other day as one wn had a great regard for every one ' s character but his own—it ffu asserted by Lord Brougham that such rc-. stings as the present were turbulent assemblies— -. Groans . ) The newspapers stated so , and put Lord Brcn ? h ^ m " s rame at tb * head cf the speech of the man wto made the assertion . He iMr . O'Connelii beliefvd taat in the course of 3 long life that lord neT «; r asserted anjthlr ; lialf so foni and eo false ; for he had kluiselt then , ¦ within the last fortnight thooRnds upon thousands BE £ 6 mble in TarionB parts of the country , ^ nd never did
he witness aisyrhing so orderly , or -mth bo much merriment and good humour— -loud cheers . ) Bu ^ Brougham degraded the lasi tuiEietry by his b = ing associated with them , and he was then endear-ourlm : to speculate f-jr bis own advantage , by trailing the people ot Ireland—( Groans . ) The Pake of Welliagton waa quite di ° rosted ¦ with him—and , as the Amerian newipaier £ iid , tbst 2 . New York man was bo handsome that he was obliKd to carry & stick to keep off the women , they should send there for ihar stick , and give it to the Duke to keep off Brougham—cheers and lansttti . i Tfcas was his iMr . O"Conne ' . i ' 5 i answer to his charge tf tt- ? re beis ? rcmulruous assemt Jages in Ireland . 3 ot ii woaln ill become them to m ? et at any period for the purpose of petitioning ajainst tie injustice and eppression itflicted on their couctrf , if they resulted cr ir jured any bo » y , or do more tian eniearonr to conTince ttose in -c
peaceable manner who had not tte rood stnse to join tfceni—{ cheers ! Within the fortcitht he had addre «* i < i tiinself to upwards of a rclii : i ? n of the people — don 5 cheers . ) In the r-nrse of nest week he would meet and address another , bees use it was most important that these public demonstranoss should > -e made . ( Cheers . ; E = came there to a .-k them to petition for a R ^ r-eal of the Union . tCnts of ' ¦ We wil '; we-will . " .- His object in cc-ming ai ; : c-njtst them ws » to call on them to do so . Tfc ^ y knew the treatment rbey me : at tbe oher B'de of the wtter ; for wh ^ -n ti ^ y a « ked for brt . id they gave them stocks , End -she-: they s * ked for £ . ? h they ^ ye them a s ^ rp-snt iBesr , hear-j AUL . ach hjs excellent colJeagn-.-, Mr . Roche , reir-ir . ed away like hin : etlf from Parliament ; yet they -s ^ ere wc-rking for the cause of Ireland at tome . iChii-r-j Jt ^ y nex t thrtitened them with
military Tio . cnee ; & . na he ns t :. id that a party >• £ soldiers was s * rt to that meetirg for the purpose of prcservirg th-.- y . , ce . He rectsited that for their sake , for tiey were Uve bravest men in the world ; ar . d ¦ whenever the Q : r-s ' s trepg were sent among thtpeople , they ptrf : tte . d th ir datira faitkfolJy , ar . J eondncted theirs *" . vta wirh the ttnettst propriety . ( Hear ; Lear . ) Tiree cbeers fcr the military ta cili jrhich w . is beartiiv ifspctded to ; . Tie Hon . and Learned Geatlem :. ' . it ? -, ccclrided : — " Were they terrified at the thrEst <¦; : > k Dake tf Welliacton ? ticdlgnant cries of " 2 io , no . ") W&re they terriaed at th ., of Peel ? 'No , no ) Ho , let them take his advicelet them ke ^ p with ! th- law , and when they separated let theci go home with' -ut the least disturbance or
irregularity . ( Cries of ' We rilL "'\ Let thea insult no one , but be lively and merry zt the prospects which "Were opening upon th-ir country . iCbeers . ) He "wanted liberty for eld Ireland . He was tnvellinc thronsh the land , Etd woni . i have the entire island ¦ with him before many months Wi-re * vei . ( Cheers . Who wo-cr ta Wl Van nf : er that a British statesman would refuse their just dtinascs . and who Trouid tell him he wouivi not net r . icpeai of the Irtislative nnion ? ( Cheer * .: France kit . r that Eagiand was weak as lor ^; » s Iiclaad v- = s jusviy discontented—America knew i ;—Rnsda lesrr , *! , and all Europe w&s aware of it ; tnd Heaven forbid she slumid be secure while Ireland -srai in ci . a : n » . f-Jhetrs ) The Hou . Gentleman thin cf-ce ' . aded amid tie fcatne deafening cietrs ,
(" From ifi € Times . ) DrsLijf , Mat -:-2 . —The R-peal Association met this day at twelve o'cK > ck , acd not ^ ith-sLamiing the absence in Girk of Mr . O ' Co&aeii . the room was erowded to Bnflbe&ticn . ilr . To-ri , -Connciilor Shannon took the chair . Mr . Rat announced at U : comme ^ c =: -e nt of the proceedings the recript of £ -:- > 0 as tht sui ^ cripUons sect np to Saturday evening i ~ » hen prt ^ eei-.- ; to read a voluminous mass tf & > -r »; ; osdence , enciosi- ^ farther sums of money , in which r ^ rteable occupstion he was ecjfaged up to tbe post i 3 ourr It is stated that the amount of tb ? rent for the treek ¦ will be equal to that actno-l « v ed on the hit day of meeting , name-y , £ CS-i . odd = hMlTrrs .
The Athloae paper cjrt ^ ins ? rfqnisition , Leaded 07 Lord French . Bishup Csntwei :, of iienh , sr : i BUho > - Higgins , of iluliir ; g ^ r speech n-. toriety , addressed tj Mr . O'CoEEell , rcqa-. stiaj him U > name a ilay ' or a public meeting and dinner , to bs L = 1 J in AtbK ns " for the parpese of f jrwa-rang tt ^ r-et : ^ ration cf Ireland . " The lerms proposed for the country ' s ' Teg&Dfcraiiou " being rtasona ' c-le enc-ugh , Mr . O'C :. * ll has £ s . u Sa--day , th = ISth of June , for the met : d * End di ^ ntr . In addi"jon to the names at ' .-. cbed tj tbr '^ qaisition , th ^ re figure no less than twenty-three pri < . - > ' ? . : nd that cf « nc baronet , of WJuj ? creation , Sir jM . D . B-llew The document itself breathes thronghect .: v . _ c ef dtfiai ^ cs &rA contempt of the recenj Minis tcrial declarations : it
Hays" We are fuDy impressed with the con ? ictien that BOtbkg short of the repeal cf the union cau be of aiy beneficial service to Ireland . This conviction is more fiinilj festablishsd by the threats said : o be mwje use of by Wfcliiniton and Peel , as-1 particu : ar ! y by the declntation uf the latter , who seems to entertair so tooroneb a contempt fcr Vhe Irish people , that he says he will not consent to lirten to tha unanimous voice of aer entire reprfcsenta-. ivcs . His threats of coercion we riwipiBe , and as a proof of the little weight they have -rivh ns webegto ia 7 Jte yen , the Father ef Repeal , to cime ; amongst us , that we may shew his , by the rec ^ 'ion we wiil give yoa ^ the messnreless contempt we -nr- ' - i tain o-sth f 01 fcLn ana his abettors . We beg to zs ^—^ ° - ' , ^ A . « ' ^^ ***** ^ k " ° ot *«' «' joinea tte R-p ? s . i ranks , Bor would we , perhaps , ev < now , raj for tb 3 Ettmt wh ; ch ^ p ^ ji ^^^ dedaauons ccnt-in towards , our country , and for tl . e ^ h threats ^ i ! ch have been male use of towards SSI i - We £ T * det « nnined to pursue a Bteady , lc * a . ar . d cntinuous course cf agitation ur >* l ueia&a 13 oace more s . nation " The' Aaflena p 3 per also p " ublishe * the report of a g ^^ ii - 'axUTfe : the threaii of 8 : r K . Peel , « da « Dake „«? . _ " Before he ( the T >** of Wellington ) threatened ire-1 land , he should remembtr Waterloo , where h « tereamad i Hke a dunghill oock that had jut got a ' Uste of the gteei — iLanghter . ) I : is a fact , when he saw the French i vnaj fteygiug dowc npan his lines , and on the po- i ntios ¦ whei'e he st ^ od , he tzrezaied from reiy fear , fill i be was snrronnded by the brave hearts and strong arms of Irishmen ; then indeed , when surrounded by his i countrymen , his fears vanished , his self-possession returned , and he -was able to issue his orders -with precision and effect—( hear , hear . ; This , however , is the p enMS who as ihe audacity to threaten the Irish
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' e \ r'ie . Bat wv regard h' ^ threats , as O Cocnell shvb , as so many moa ; ha fu ! l o f sAwinst Ho dare not put them in execution ; and however willing he and the i English sristorcracy may be to tyranniz 9 over Ireland , j they dare not , and we flag back the threat with all the ] contempt such fiendish expressions deserve— 'hear , and cheers . ")
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PROGRESS OF REPEAL . j i GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT MULLINGAR . j MaHingar , Sunday Night , May 14 th , 1843 . j The great Repeal demonstration for Weslmeath j took place here to-day , under circumstances of tho highest national imporiance , and exceeding , in the I d-. s-plav of public feeling % vhich it exhibited , the most j sp ' rn-aid of the many magnificieat exhibitions of ! popular strength which have latterly occurred throavhr-ot the kingdom . . '
The entire front of almost every house was bid , with gTtcn bushes and -wreathes of flowers , and ths j half dozen residences that formed exception to vhc j general rule only served to heighten the effect , in ! thevrirg by their bare walls ( as destitute of the . nl-iTcsjng hue of the national colour as the hearts of ! their occupier 3 were of national feeling ) , how few th = -. rncasies of repeal r . a ! ly vrere . At short inter- vals , through all the streets—not only those through whicl : O'Conneli should pass , but also the streets ; winch were wholly out of his way—were erected beattifu ! irinmphal arches , several of which were otcoraitd with flags of red , green , aud white ; and all beariiij ; appropriate inscriptions , such as " Cead hiille fail :- ? . " " Ireland icr the Irish , acd tho Irish ; fur Ireland , " * ' Ireb . ud must be a nr . tic-n , " " We peek ; quality , ne : ascendancy through the Repeal , " The cjd w :. o commits a crime gives streugth to the eu - niy . " "We n : u = t hate Repeal , " "A nation of cight ' millions is too powerful to be dragged at tho ta : ] of any oifacr country , "'¦ Repeal , and ' no S-jrreu- i d ; -T , * " Repeal , Repeal , " &o . &c . Much of the e ; :-tau-=: ? . rm desenbed u . : he repeal r . ow = p ? per ^ as exist- ii ? ij in favour of the national cause is considered by the av . 'i-lrish party as t ' xaggeration , or , at leart , is represented as suet ; by ihe Tory press ; but , as facts are col so easily combattd as assertion ? , we icaTe ' the impartial reader to rt fleet -what the state of the public mind thoughout Ireland at ; he prtEent period must bs when targe bodies of men travel on foot Usiatcea of froa twenty to thir : y Irish miles for the ir . are purpose of swelling by their numbers the i immense & ?? embl 3 ges that cou ^ ren&te at the RepeaJ meeting .- , as from the extent of the crowds there man bt- always a verv doubtful chance of their being ' able to hear the speakers ,- 2 nd the « -xpectatioa of beis ^ delightrd by the e ) oqusDcc cf ^ Mr . O'Ccnne ! and other popular orators can , therefore , be scarcely a , snfficien : iuducement to them to undergo so nv . ch fatigue . Ouc reporter , speakiug of this meeting , savs , —'" I have seen her .- to-d « y , upwards of twelve amaiear bauds , oiauy of tbc-m from localiti ? s at a v ; ry considerable distanc ^ cd each accompanied by ls . Tge masses of their felloiv-totvnenien . Among thtm were ihe bands from Kilccck , 24 miles ; KelJs , " 22 miles ( drawn in an ornamf ntal coach , wiih tour l-. orees ) ; Trim , 'II miles ; Pl . iiip ^ ovrn , 14 miles ; Xienegad , 9 mile ; ; Kilbeggan , 12 miles ; BaDinagore , 10 mil-s ; Castlcpollard , 11 miles ; Castletowndelvin , 11 milts ; Old Castle , ceo . "—A large platform was erected in the market-place , which the charge of Is . for admission 10 it did not prevent from bcin * roust ir . ronvenieirt : ' ? crowded . Tho as > embhise was 12 u 000 cr 13 * ' < M > Oa iho motion of the Bishop of Meath , seconded by Mr . Fitzerald , ' Bersxud ^ i , wi . \ Eq ., Mullingar , was called to tbv chair . The R ' -v . Mr . Kearnet , P . P ., Tubberclare , moved the first resolution expressive of ihe evils of the Union , and of their determination to use every legal and constitutional meaus to obtain its repeal . Mr . Tcitb seconded the resolution which was carried . Mr . O'CossEtL then came forward , and was re-Ceive-d with deafening shouts of applause , which comiuued for a con iderable period . He . « aid : Wellington and Peel have proved this—that they are ready enough to show their tteth , but they cannot bite ^—( hear , hear ) . That is the entire amount of all ' . heir mighty schemes . But I will tell you why—for the same reason that the cur dog cannot bite your , hand if you keep it wrapped in your coat—( cheers and laughter ) . We do not giTe them anything to ' lite uson , anti tbty cannot , touch us . Now , there , are two reasons why iheir declarations should prove abor-ive . First , our object is legitimate ; and second iy , our me&n ? are ptaceable and lawiul—( . hear , hesr ) . Uur object is to repeal an Ac : oi Parliament ,
aud inerc cm bs no crime in endeavouring to Co that 1 y r c £ c ? able and legal means . The crime was in u pa sing it , and it wa ? by a multiplication of crimes than ; was originally carried—( hear , hear ) ! My first O'j-. ct is to get Ireland for the Irish—( . load ehetrs . ) I am conrent that the English should bare Englauci , bu ; they ha . xe had the dominion of this country too Ion * :, and it i 3 time that 1 L 0 Irish should get the ZEaiisgero .-nt of their own country—the regulation of th- ^ ir own country—the erj ^ ynient ot their ow ; i couatTy—tba * . the Irish should have Ireland—( great ana iong cheers ) . Nobody c .:: i know how to govern us as well as wo would know how to do 1 ; ourselves—H 3 body could know to relieve our wax . ; - , as well as wo would our ^ clvc-s—nobody iu
could have ro deep an intere ^ our prosperity , or couid be sc > well fitted for reraedjing our evils , and I'Tecurivz Jsappiaefs for us ad we would ourselves . ( Hear , bear . ) And if I am told that the present system has betn workiug for seven centuries , my answer is , ihe more spts . duy is ii iucumb ^ nt Hp : n us to break our fetters , ana to obtain tne li ^ er ¦? cl' omt cative land . ( Cheers . ) Ol . l Ireland tini bbt-rty \ ( Loud cheers . ) Taa . ; s what I am s-ruuihuK for . ( Hear , hear . ) If I was to te . i the Scotch that they should not have Scotland—if I va- : o tell the English that they should not have Y :. ^ . znd—if i was to tell the Spaniards that they i-hou'd no ; have Spain—or the French that they shouid no * have France , they would have a right to iaugh at , to hate , to attack , or to assail mo in whatever manner th r -y choose . But I do ii' < t say any &uch thing . What I say is , that bs all theso
people have their own countries the Irit > n ought to have Ireland . ( Htar , hear , and ' cheers . ) What nurtiberless advauiages would not the Irish ei ; jf > y if they possessed their own country 1 A dome-tic Pariismtrnt would encourage Irish manufactures . Tae linen tradv , and the woollen trade would be spreading amongst you . An Irish Parliament would foifr Irish commerce , and protect Irish agriculture . Tae labourer , the ujtizan , and the shopkeeper would be all benefit *;! by the Repeal of the Union ; but if I were to describe all the blessings that it wonld c"ni « r 1 would detain you here crowding on each others ba ' ks until morning before I would bo done ^—( lausbter ) . la the firat place , I ask did you ever hear of t h * tithe ren ; charge—( groans ) . Are you satisfied to be paying pardons who do not pray for you - ( no , no ) . It is time , therefore , that they shonld be put an ei : d to—( hear , hear ) . The people of England do not pay for the church of the
mmon cy , A Voice—No , nor the people of Scotland either . You are quite right , though I mink I heard the remark before —( laughter ) . But carry home my words with you , and teii them to your ^ ei *; L ' uour 3 . I tell you ihe people of Ireland will noi be much longer paying them—( hear , hear , and c ! eerr ) . I next * . vant to get rid of the poor-rates—( cheer *) . EDgland does charny in the way a person will throw a bane to a dog by slashing it in between his teeth—( rear , hear ) . That is the poor law charity , ths enan . y of the c- '> n 3 iniss : oners , and a « si ? lant-comm : ? s : on » rs , and all concerned under them , except the voor themselves , and when tbsy do ; ..-u relief , they lock upon the poor as if th-.-y wire criminals or as if
p .- 't ^ rTy was a crime to be punished l . y perpetual imr-risoDmenx— ( hear , hear , ai ; i lone ihct-r :- ) . But I would relit ve the poor without the Jmpo ? it : on of jio j r rate .-, and I wpuld preveut you fr ^ m paving an / clergy but your own ( lead cuctm . 1 ? uould not Lave used the word prevent , because if any of you wished to pay both you might do it if you pleased ( laughter ) . I often asked Protestants how would they hke to pay for the support of the Catholicciergy by ftrce , and they always said they would not like it at aii , and why should the Catholics like it cue bit the better ( heaa % Cobb-U had a phra ? e for
it . He used to say , " what ' s pauce for the goos- isauco for the gander . " ( L-uight . fr . ) The nrxi thing that the Repeal would abolith is the grauc jaryctss . ( Cheers . ) I believe it griu-issome 01 you ( ' ries of ** It does to" ) There is not a more i « iq > n tous tax in the world , for it coaies on the cncupiei instead cf on the ccuntry at lanje . Give me th ; Kepf al , and the national Treasury will pay for th < making and repairing of all the roads , bridges , am pubi : c buildinirs , and instead of the poor la 1 men and occupiers paying the money themselves , it wil come tram the treasury , and woald go in giviiu employment to thoss who have to pay h . I w ' . 'l t-eii voa au ' . 'iher thing I want to do . I want that ever ] head of a family , every married man , and evcrj Guusehoidcr , should have a right to vote for memberi Parliament . They said that I would have an . ij . trest in that , because I would then have mor « Twf es ; bat niy answer is , that if I would it is becanst th- people r . ow I am acting honestly by them , anc every body else who does the fame will be equailj su ^ ic -rted . ( Load cbeera . ) The landlords now Peru cate those who vote differently from then wi-he * , bnt I would institute the badiot-box . Tht sex ; advantage is one that does not loneh oonccn the a * jority ef yon . It is the giving the management o ; their own affairs to the inhabitants of ttw town * , instead of their having the miserable municipal reform that they now possess ; bat I will nol tronble yon farther with that . You know that th < landlords have duties as wtll as rights , and I would establish the fixity of tenure ( lead cheers ) to remind tnem of those duties . I will tell you what my plar 13 , and yon can consider it amongst yourselves . Mj p * an is tnat no landlord should recover rent unless he made a ] ea ? e for tweDtj-oae years to the tenant — no lease or no rent Bay 1 . ( Load cheers . ) Unless ne made » lease , he would have no more business
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liking for his rent than a , dog would have barking at'he moon . ( Cheers snd laughter . ) H may be said tho landlords would , in that c&S 9 , put too hi ^ h a rent on their lands , but I have a remedy for that too in my plan . ( Laughter , and cries of " More powtr . ") At present , it u man goos to register his vote , he must provo on oath what a solvent tenant could pay to nis landlord for bia holding , and in tho same manner I would give the tenant an opportunity of proving what a solvent tenaut ought to give for hie land , in order to fix the amount of rent he would have to pay . ( Cheers . ) I would give the poor man the benefit of a trial by Jury in such case , so that it would be impossible fur a landlord to get more than the fair value of his land . It may be
said the poor man would be turned out of his holding at the expiration of his lease , and his land given to another , but 1 have a cure for that also ( ch » ers ) . I would allow the tenant by law every year to register , as he can new register trees that ho plants , all tho improvements that he makes ov » his holding , and if the landlord does not pay him tho lull value of these improvements , he could not turn him out , but would be obliged to give him a uew holding . Every tenant would then bo buildipg a better hou * o for his pigs than ho now inhabits himself , H 3 he would be sure to got every farthing he laid out on his holding before he could bo deprived of possession at the end of hi 3 lease ( cheers ) . Is it not worth whilrr , I ask you , to look for a Repeal of the Union for that aloue ( cheers ) ? Would it not do more to produce happiness and prosperity in tho country , and put an end to the horrible wholesale murders of the landlords who now send their tena-uts to die by twenties in the ditches , and the fearful retaliauowi , by assassination , that so frequently take pLce cu thother side . But this is not all . Every year twiu-. f the Union nine millions of money has been £ e ;; t out oi ' Ireland , after being raised from the prod ' uc . o of th > - soil—( cries of " oh , murder , murder ') . It is to wonder you should cry " murdi r , " for therein no country iu the world where such a system , would exi&t that must not be poor . The only counties except Ireland whrre anything hko k occurs « ro Sicily aud Sardinia , and both ot tat ^ e , from huviiig absentee landlords , are miserably poor . There , is not , however , a country in the world so impoverished as Ireland , where it has been found that there ave 2 , 200 , 000 persons in a state of destitution every year- Lord Eliot , the other day , gave a proof of this , for ho had to admit that out of 83 , 000 poor rate payers , 44 , 000 were rated under j £ . j , For tho last ti . 11 years 110 less than ninety millions have been drawu . out of Ireland , but , if we £ et the Union there will 60 ninety millions spent in Ireland that would otherwise bu taken from her —( hear , hear , and cheers ) . That will leave an average of £ 750 , 000 a , month , or £ 125 . 000 a-week of six days to be spent in wages , and in giving employment to the peopk—( loud cheers ) . I have all this within my uia ' -p if Uie people join me . Now , what is there in all this thut Wellington should stammer at in his old a ^ e , and that Peel should bluster , and get very angry about it . Even their enemies shou'd admit the progress they had raade ; and let him have but three millions tf Repealers , and then ho would make hid arrangements lor obtaining the Repeal . He would have tho Repealers s-: nd up 300 gentlemen , cfcoseu from various parts of the country , each entrusted with £ HM ; that would bo £ 30 , 000 . They should meet in Dublin to consult , upon the best means of obtaining legislative independence . They would not leave Dublin till they would aj ; ree to an act of Parliament to establish a domestic Legislature , household suffrage , vote by ballot , fixny of tenure , and a law against tbsfnteea having estates in tho country . Many estates would then bo sold in lots and purchased up by those who would thin become small proprietors ; and it was a fact well ascertained that in proportion as the owners in fee were numerous in any country , eo in proportion were tho people prosperous —( hear , hear . ) It was truiy 6 aid by Mr . Martin , their chairman , that if tlu-y had their owu parliament , taxation would be diminished to almost nothing ; for in five or gix years they would bo able to pay off their portion of the national debt—the duty upon every excisable article would be reduced—thoy would have a pound of tea for little or more than was paid for two ounces and a pound o { sugar at tho price of ft quarter of a pound ; the duty on tobacco would be reduced to that thero was not an old woman in the country who might sot have her pipe iighted from morning till night if she pleased —( laughter . ) it was said that the Repeal was to be put down by force , but he did not believe a word of it , for there would be nothing against which the fores could be applied . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) They were bringing foidiers into the country to gallop against the wind , for they had nothing else to oppose them . ( Laughu-r . ) He would be delighted that they brought a much larger number , for they would
cause the expenditure of a good deal of money , and they were besides the friends of tho people . He recollected once being counsel for some unfortunate men at Limerick who wero tried for the robbery of ammunition , and assaulting fourteen soldiers who were in charge of it , when the facts came out that asfeoonas th « peoplo discovered they were soldiers , not police , they determined that a man of them should not be killed , but thoy closed in upon them , and disarmed them ; but in the struggle the sergeaut , who fought desperate ' y , and seven of tho men , were wounded , and , as soon as they were completely in their power , thoy took them to the neighbouring houses , had their wounds dressed , and their wants attended to , declaring , at !} i g saro :. < time that , had il
been police who were in it , not s mau of them should be left &live —( hear , hear . ) The unfortunate men were found guilty , and itb . 'ir : ga capital offence for whicathey had forfeited their lives , Baron Pennefa her , in pas = ing sentence on them , said , with tears in his eyes , that , when they had the liv-s of others in their power , they showed mercy , and ho would take ca . ro to u .-e his influence in tho proper quarter to h . « n » rcy extended to them . The people were always fneudly to tho military , and tho feeling was reciprocal . He would be glad , then , Low many of them was sect among them , and he would promise them that they would have nothing to do but amuse th ru-clves and spend their money , which would bo vry i-k-dsunt to those who tpeut it , and those amongst whum it wjs spent . He again exhorted the people
to continue in habits of morality and order , violating no Jaw acd giving their enemies uo advantage over them—he called upon the Repeal Wardens to do th ( ir duty , and if the people followed hia advice , theD there would be no doubt of their success ; a Feng of gladness would pervade the land , and he wouid outshcut them all from his native mountains with the cry of liberty and prosperity to Ireland . They desired not to seek for Repeal by other agencies than those ot peace , law , and order , and they would adhere to the constitution as long as © no inch of it was left to them to stand upon—( loud cheers . ) The Honourable and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving tht ; presentation of an address to the l > v -pie of Kntlaiid aud Ireland , on the present state ot political aliiirg , and that it be referred to the coiuiaittee to prepare such address .
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before he < wt down , for h >* meant to a'Wr ^ s them at Rome length ; aud therefore those « ho had other business to occupy them had better b-j going home at once—( oheers and laughter ) . He asked had any thing been done since ' 34 . Mad England assisted in doing anything for Ireland 1 He did not . expect that she would act otherwise than as she had douo ; but still , if they had kept up the Repeal cry after that promise , how triumphantly would Sir Robert Peel be now-able to shout out " England made promises —tho high word of England , that was never broker . " —he would say it was never kept—( laughter)— " was pledged—the plighted faith , the unstained honour of England were bound up in the pledge , and it would have been fulfilled . " Ho ( Mr . O'Conneli ) would not
say one word about Limerick , to be sure , whi . ' e i'eel would be 60 boasting —( hear , hear , )—but boast he assuredly would , and exult he would . Ho would say , " there can be no doubt the grievances of ireland would-be redressed , but they wantod separation . Thty wanted not justice but uhey had a vexatious and rebellious cry for separation between tho two countries . " If , under tmch circumvtancs , tho people of Ireland con'inued t . o agitate , they \ v » uld do so only through , the t-iaiidity that must naturally arise within them from the recollection of the broken faith of Engl-ir- 'l ia former times ; but m ? ny of those who join us now would be far from joining us then . ( Hoar , heat . ) It was also to be recoJltctcd that the lvlbrm parliament had then bccnonlv just instituted
and its working had not yet bi : en known ; and Sir Robert Peel would al .- o have relied on that fact . They would thus bo placed iu as unpleasant a position as ever ' public men were pi iced in ; but on the other hand , bee how triumphantly they were ; -l ; iceo . ( Cheers ) By their actions—thou- not by their belief—they gave to En » i \ uid th- _ - opportunity of doing the :: ; . Thi . ro were two grounds of apathy : i ! id iudiff-rcnco towards the Repeal agitation : one of these was caused by tho agi ' . ation Living been abandoned for a tinie , and many h > ii-est men feared that ic had not been seriously revived —( h-.-ar , hear ) —and the other was tho policy adopted by th Whigs in tho notorious declaration of Lord Klrit : ^ - ton , now Earl Forte&cue , against the
iuipealr-isthe paltry attempt , at , corrupting the youth of Ireland by bribery—tho effort made to corrupt the waters of social life , so that those who drank of what ought to be the pure spring of patriotism imbibed otily baseness and turpitude , and the persona ! expectations of po'itical benefits—( hear , hear ) . Where woro tho bar that used to surround them at former times ? Lord Kortescue can tell . They are still afraid that tho Whigs may come into power again , and that they would be excluded from prnmotion . Shame on tho Irish bar for having at length deserted their country—( cries of shame , shame ) . But tho Repoalcra could do without Uiera . They had a . sufficient uuinb r of tho honest portion of the bar to do the public business ; and with that
uortion , uud the popular strength that was collected around them , and the aid of that Providence that he hoped wan watching over the destinies of the country , they would go on —( loud cheer .- *) . Ho had been awaro that that public apathy could not contmuo much longer . IIj knew how anxious the peoplo really wero for their country , and that the moment lid -. wad able to cry out " Ireland for the Irish , " he would have a talisman that would bo irresistible in rousing tho patriotism of tho country . But as soon as ho saw a predisposing seirimenfc of a higher order < f agitation , his hopes brightened . When he called 1843 the Repeal yenr . many persons laughed and Bneered at him . Win laughed aud sneered new \ In point of history how t ^ en were they circumstanced { Peel and Wellington
threatened them ; they came out with their declaration of a threat . They are , forsooth , to appiy to Parliament for more power , that thty may put down , tho exercise of a constitutional power . Jiat will they do it —( hear , hear ) . Ho would not discuss the prudence of their doing so for a- while , but this he would say , for the present , that the threat had come forth : the brutum fulmen had been announced . The thunderbolt had been heard to hiss but not to roar through the upp ' . r air , bu : the Iri' -h people desp'sed it . What was the first response \ Tho great meeting of W ( jstmea , th —( loud cheers ) . He was not exaggerating wheu ho said that tens of thousands , and he believed he did not exaggerate when he said more than 100 , 000 persons were assembled there . But whatever the numbers were the
assemblage was majestic , and it was also well conducted . The people were civil towards each other , and their mutual politeness prevented tho pressure of tho crowd from injuring any person . They were sober , . good humoured , and steady , while tht-y exhibited tho most marked hatred of their enemies and tho strongest love of their friends . They met to hear the advantage of the ) Repeal talked of , but thero was a prc-gone conviction iu their owu minds that required no instruction to them . Let Wellington and Peel know that that was their reply to their menaces . When they said " the resolution of" 1834 , " he would say "the meeting in Westmeath "—( cheers ) And was it no answer to them that they had £ G 96 12- - . 4 d ., and ho would not
forgive Pecjl one penny of it—( loud cheers . ) nut Ought not the people of England , and the statesmen or England consider what eteps they ou ht now to take . They should recollect that tho Irish people violate no law , infringe no statu'e , aro guilty of no violence . There shall be uo rebellion while ho lived . The name of it .-should not be heard . The Irish people would attack no one , but ha would not Kay that , if attacked , they would not defend themsftlve .- —( cnth : Riahtio cheering for several minutes . ) Tho Repeal would be carried by legal moans , or , at least , by means that were constitutional—( hear , hear . ) Hu ; the English , it seemed , did not like the cry for Repeal . If they did not , why did not they join them in insisting that justice should bo done to
Ireland—( hear , hear . ) Tae Tory party never attempted to apply the proper remedy for the ills of Ireland . He s ated at Mullingar that they acted like tlio Frenchman who attempted to fatten his horse . He tried one day a purgative , another day a pill , another day a drench , and then he tried more med : ciue , he supposed Morison ' s pills —( laughter . ) At length he tried tobacco water , but the horso would not fatten by all the trials , and at length somebody asked him "did you ever try oats "— ( hear and laughter . ) In the same manner England tried every means of tranquillising Ireland except the oats—tho doing her justice —( hear , hear . ) She tried coercion bills , transportation bill ? , peace preservation bills . A Voice—The arms bill . Mr . O'Conneli—That had not psissed yet , but he would como to it by and bye . iiut would it not become the people of England really fo see whether the Irish people had not griovau . es to complain of ? —could the English minister hold so high a tono towards the King of France now , aa if he could say that England , Sootland , and Ireland would man their armies and navy ; but was it po 1 Could ho tell the Emperor of Russia or tl : e King of Franco to fear him—could he tell the Auiencons not to dare infringo on the British boundary 1 They would reply to him in the short and emphatic word , " Ireland "—( hear and cheers ;) and it would be a reasonable answer for them to give him , for heaven forbid that England should be strong as long , as she is unjust towards Ireland —( cheers . ) No , they well knew that the Irish people , attached as they are by allegiance to the throne , have still oue love higher than that or any other passion , and that id love of
their native laud , and that they will net miss any oppor : unity of compelling England by the force of circumstauces to < io Ireland that justice which she is so reluctant to afford —( hear and cheers . ) Was it not proper and befitting that the English people effected as they appeared to be towards this question , should seriously consider how to put an end to the Repeal agitation ? This seemed to be the desire of Wellington ; for this object Sir Robert Peel proposed to be iu an especial degree desirous . Surely it was not possible for him ( Mr . 0 'Cot . nel !) to pursue a more generous or more disinterested course than that which ho adopted wh « n ho proc ^ oied to show his opponents how to take the Repealers from him—how to disperse the forces which had
congregated around his peaceful standard—how to reduce him from the giant which he had now become , according to the representation of the Times to his natural and befitting condition of a political dwarf—( laughter , and cries of " hear , hear" ) . For his own part he declared most emphatically that ho would never abandon the Repeal—no boon would induce him to do so—210 threat would coerce him , for he considered that no temporary advantages could compensate to a country for the loss which she sustained in character , dignity , and prosperity , by the absence of that protection which it was in the power of a domestic legislature alone to confer . But while he made this declaartion for himself , it surely could not but be admitted that he acted a generous and
magnanimous pact in explaining to his opponents the course they ought to adopt if they desired to lessen hi 9 forces and weaken tho effect of the Repeal agitation . Sufficient had already occurred , even since the launching forth of the brulum fulmen , to convince the Tories that the course which they were at present pursuing was not calculated to diminish the numbers of the Repealers . It had as effect exactly opposite ; it had served to increase their numbers a hundred-fold and had but added further fuel to the flame they were desirous to extinguish . Yes , the declarations of Peel and Wellington had had a most marvellous effect throughout the country . Men , who were Bilent before Bpoke—men who had been torpid were now awake to fresh energy , and those who were heretofore neutral had now come forward to take a
decisive part . It was clear , therefore , that their present policy bad fail « d in a lamentable degree , and it was right that they should bethink them of some more efficacious expedient whereby to put down the Repeal agitation . There were eight or nine propositions , he would enumerate them seriatim , to which they ought to direct their attention , with a view to attain the object , to them so desirable , of diminishing the Repealers . Tho first subject to which they should direct their most serious consideration , and which was indeed well worthy of their attention , was the financial iajuatioe inflicted on Ireland b y the act of union . This was a grievance which it behoved them to remedy effectually and expediently if they would carry out their project . In the year 1799 , or he would sav for round
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numbers 1800 , tha national debtor Ireland amounted to twenty million ^ tb a- , 01 England to 446 millions , and if the act of union had been framed upon honourable and equitable terms , it would have been enacted that for tha future the respective debts of both countries should continue to bear the same proportion one to the other as they bore before the Irish Parliament was abolished—( cries of hear ) Tho Eaglish Tories wero cock-a-hoop in their dignity , and talked very loudly and bombastically about putting down the Irish people ; but , he asked his friends on the Stock Exchange if a battle were fought to-morrow on tho Curragh of Kildare between the English soldiery and the Irish peasantryno matter what might be the result to the
latterwhat would be the valae of the three-and-a-half per cents , on the morning whan the tidings wouid reach London I The resistance offered on the pars of the people to aggression was characterized by various titles , generally depending upon the result of the struggle . When it failed it was called a rebellion , when it succeeded it was called revolution , aud he would , therefore , give it no name , but this he could toll them , that if it were announced upon the Stock Exchange that Ministers were mad enough to have recourse to physical violence against a loyal and true-hearted people , who wero looking for their liberties by tneaas purely " constitutional , the tidings would excite a panic of no ordinary description ; iu the Money-Market , and it mattered not what
gazHte full of victories might follow , tho three-and ' a-half per cents , might be purchased for fifteen shillings the morning after the battle—( hear , and cheers . ) Let it not be supposed that he ( Mr . O'Oonnell ) wa-vthei-n ' y person who had denounced the financial injustice done to Ireland by the Union , for the man was scarcely cold in his grave—who when Chancellor of the Exchequer had admitted in his place in the House- of Commons that the Union exacted vastly more from the Irish people than they ought to been called upon to pay . '" You contracted with her , " sai ho , "for an expenditure she could not meet . " Vesey Fitzgerald had mado that declaration , and it was one well worthy the attention of the Tories , who instead of blustering about butting
down Ireland , ought to appoint an henest committee for the purpose of inquiring with accuracy into the state of the national debt ss between tho iwo countries , with a view to relieve Ireland fivm lur unjust proportion —( hear , hear , and cheers ) . If the English Tories would consent to tb . 13 proposition he wou'd make over to them that section of tho Repoalers who were induced to join the Repeal standard by the financial injustice iiinieted on Ireland by the Union ; but if they refused , he had still that wing of Repealers at his side . He o-tllod upon tho Tories to tukaanother section of Repealers from his standard by giving to Ireland a fair and equitable r-roporcion of parliamentary voters —( hear , hear . ) The lacct , returns estimated tha rural constituency of p ork at
4 , 000 ; but of that number not more than 1 , 5 ( J 0 voters could now be mustered together in ihe agricultural districts of the county , so lamentable was the falling off ; for the franchise was perishing day by day in Ireland . Twen'y-five per cent , of the population of England enjoyed the franchise , wher-eaa it was only one man one of 4 U 0 that possessed a'vote , in Ireland . There was fully a hundred to one in favour of England , and against Ireland ; and that was what they called justice to Ireland ! Was that a uniuu between the countries—( hear ,- hear , hear )? It was madness—it was infatuation to say so . He called upon the English Tories , if they desired to rob him of his Repealers , to come forward with the sword—not of vengeance , but of justice ! aud to give
to Ireland a . franchise , which will bestow tbo right of votiug upon twenty-five per cent , of her populaui . n—( cries of hear , hear , an- ! cheers . ) It was too limited a franchise , lie confessed it , for any country , but it was tho one which prevailed iu . England , a , ad if we cannot obtain a full messure of justice , let us , at all events , be placed on terms of equality with our fellow-. subjects at ( ho other side of the Channel . The next project to which the English Tories should direct their attention , if they wished to alienate his ( Mr . O'Couneh ' s ) followers from him , was the granting to tho Irish people of an additional number of representative : ' . We ought , at all events , to have the meaas of protecting ourselves in their alien parliament . They gave U 3 105 members , but at the very
lowest calculation we ought to have as many a 3 150 . Wales , with its revenue of £ 348 , 090 had twenty-Bine members , while in Ireland ho found that eleven hundred thousand Irishmen were represented by four members . Others might endure that , but he would not endure it , and he would not surrender one single Repealer to tho Tories , unless that grievance was put ah eml to . Tue next matter of justice to which Peel and his party ought to direct their attention was the exteniien to Ireland , of the same description of municipal reform bill , < . vhieh was conceded to the people of England . The Irish bill was a mockery . It took from the people the appointment of magistrates and sheriffs , and rendered it necessary , in
order to the enj > ynnent of the municipal franchise , that a citizen sh-mlJ be valued to the poor r < teat £ 10 , whereas in England every man who was rated at all to poor rate , it mattered not in how insiirniftoant an amount , wag permitted to exercise the borough frp . nchiso . ih ) would not surrender one solitary R ? p : ; i ! f » r till this monstrous grievance was n .-ncdied . The lourth subject which should engage the attention of lh >> English ToriV , if they wouid tatrang" ! v . he Repe&leTs from him ,-was ihe removal fro-ii this country of that most crying of ail evilsabsenteeism . The three poorest countries in Europe , w . re the three in which absenteeism most prevailed—Sardinia , bicilv , and Ireland—( hear ) .
Abscn ' . etji&m was an evil not to be curod by any other m > . au 3 than that recommended by Dr . Lus : as a euro for tho toothache—total extraeuon—and ho told Peel that without extirpating this fruitful source of mifury , it was vain for him to hope for a cessation ot the Repeal cry . Indeed , it wasinfatua tion for him to indulge in such an anticipation at all , for never would there be a cessation of that cry until they heard tho echo of the shout which would proclaim that the Speaker had taken tho chair iu the Irish House of Commons—( loud che > rs ) . What
next did he demand ?—He demanded an immediate and S ' . 'lu ' ary change in the relations beiwesu landlord a-id tenant in Ireland—( hear , hear , , 'hear ) . lie defied Peel to take a Repealer from him as long as the relation between landlord and tenant remained unaltered . Tne seventh topic for England to turn her attention to was the state of the bench and themTs ; i ? trary —( hear , hear , and cheer ?) The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then proceeded to reror at some lc . gf . i to the judicial snd magisterial appointments mads by the present Govf-rrment , and having dwvit for some lime on this topic , observed , that the magistrates ought to be elective officers as in the olden timrs , and he would r ^ -ver relax his efforts until he saw tho powor granted to overy barony of electing i'suwn magistrates—( hear , hear . ) The eighth point which ho begged k-ave to submit to the most attentive notice of thope , who made it their study to think how they could lessen the number of iiis adherents , was the considcra *' " 11 of the purposes to which the ecclesiastical resources of the country ought to t > e applied . In Ireland , tluecilesiastica ! temporalities went to tfce ' khureh oi" the minority . They had another remedy for them—the Arms ' : BiIl— a m' ; rs horrible measure was never yet introduced—( heir , hear ) Us owacd it—he was not of thosf who w ^ ned to roe tho people
armed—( loud cries of ' hear , hear . ' ') Ho would b * glad that all Ireland , from the Giant ' s- Causeway to Cape Clear was unnrmfd , but ho wouid not leave any portion of tii _ m armed , ;; nH if the government disarmed thc : u all , thoy should have hi * assistance , for he wanted to work alone by moral means . But they left the magisiraus tho power to take a , way arms from those they pi rased , and to leave them with those they pleaded ( hear , hear ) . Did they forget the ^ un c ' . ubg that existed in the north , or that lord ? , and baronets , and rragis rates were members of those club .- - ? The Orangemen raid a shilling oach ; every twenty five persons had a rifle , and tho person who threw the highest Lumber got a musket and bayonet . Now , to be sure , they
would not require to have gun clubs any longer , tor those lords , and baronets , and magistracog could let them have the arms , and supply them with arms , without any lottery ( hear , hear ) . That was the bill tho government were bringing in to aalisfy the Repealers that they were the fricuds of Ireland ( hear ) . There was a clause in it making it penal rand subject to transportation for seven years , to have any concealed arms , or anything that could be used as a pike or weapon , and it gave liberty to search your hoase at any hour of thefour-and-twenty . The poor Irishman had no longer his castle . His door could be broken op : n , if it was not opened , in a reasonable time . Those were the words of the statute . What would a young policeman standing at the door ,
perhaps in the rain , think a reasonable time , and thero was no pcrsou to decide it , but , tho per ? oi : who vvaiitej the door to be opened 'hear ) . And then he could go in and find the families in their beds—Ob , it was a diabolical act—( hoar , hear . ) Let them go to England , and read the horrific accounts of immorality there—and then coma to Iroland , and dare to enter the bedchambers of the pure and virtuous women of this country—( hear , hear . ) That was the way they wanted to conciliate them ; and what then followed , if in any man ' s house , out offices or grounds , there was found a concealed weapon , he Was liable to be transported for seven years . He has this defence—it is not necessary to prove that he knew it to be there , but he is entitled to prove that he did not know it to be there—( hear ,
hear . ) now he wanted to kno " vr , if in English bloody blundering , there was ever such a blander as that ) Why he could prove what he knew , bat how could he prove in metaphysics what he did not know—( hear , hear . ) Yet' this was the way they were going to conciliate them —( hear . ) There was a worthy farmer , named Baker , in Tipperary , who married a respectable widow , who became the mother of seven children ; one of these was at her breast when her husband was obliged to go to England , and during his absence some miscreant contrived to drop a fcayonec into a tub of her milk where it was found m a few moments after by the police . The poo ** woman was taken to Clonmel , where she was brought before the magistrates , aad without judge or jury sent off out of the
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country in half an hour with cue of W <* ^ dren . m 1 her arms- ( expressions of horror ) n ^ Euglish Government intend a repetition « J «« scenes by way of conciliating the peonlo of t H or were the English people so absurd as ta \ J \ tnat Irishmen would consent to be sen » -9 »«! i 7 ? fla he ») I But . irh * waa th ? Sffi £ 2 ?< 5 man who took an active part in having tL * woman convicted , was afterwards shot d » arih •» men m tho presence of at least a , doz » noti , ? * sons , none of whom made any effort to arre ^ It was a horrid crime , but so waa the treatmr * the poor woman . But he would not be dra » £ r < comparison between them . It might be ask h ^ did he not go to the Imperial Par ] iamePrM these things . What business had hethere-l ( ch > There was not an idle whipster in the House bel to any of the hells or gaming-honses in Loa ^ m ^ would not be willing to leave his sport and to h ^' away his dice-box in order to come and vote a him . He once before had occasion to csfl their k 5 * ing " beastly bellowing * " and the Speaker » uiai lar tnat ^^
ne was eo rignt , no other term eoau applied to the noises that had been made . pJ jn den now called them " inhuman voices , " thon k might as well bave repeated his name for ?! *• ( Laughter ) He would not go under the chan , being exposed to their beastly bellowing agajj v * would remain at home , wheie he would wmfe expose such Acts of Parliament where he » onto ' attended to . B :: t who brought in that bill ? th 6 -, lady-like Lord Eliot ( Hear , hear . ) He woiukrJ ^ his Lordship W 3 nt to have more Irish niojaer * t ported , or would he devis 9 any means to itaT 1 tnau'B enemy from concealing a bayonet or a pifea 0 ,. * premises . If tne bill passed , and he hoped It J . not—he a-ked -was not the intention in which it framed clearly to decimlate and destroy the IrUi , n ^ *?*
( Hear , Bear . ) « uca was tfle manner ia whie h lr »; was treated . They gave her a etamp tax , ^ jf ? tax . They were preparing to destroy everj p .. 7 V principle ia the poor law , and they were 'finally J ? her an infernal arras bill . Waa he wrong in miij ^ " infernal ? " ( Crl « of no , no . ) Yes , be was »« 2 j there was any more reprobatory word in tfceEo » u language that he could use . Bat the people of EuJw imagine that because the Dake of Wellington t * f dies over the half of an old resolution , and bJf Sir Robert Peel set at defiance the Irian peopled wore tranquilly to submit to a union pregn-int'S such mischiefs . If they had a , Parliament in t ^ T green , would suca a poor law exist , would »» 7 i taxes be levied , or would tha members da » to w them ia the face after passing such on arms tel ( Rear , hear . ) No—lut he would allow no la * to ! violated , and no force or violence to ba used . H 8 «! going on Thursday to Cbarlevilie , oa Sanlai nt
wouia nave tie magmicfint traaes procession in-Ca * . on Monday the great meeting in Cork woald be hell On Tuesday he would attend tbe meeting ia Casbel im on Thursday he would bo at Nenagh , ana ww $ 2 any ene having the slightest apprehension that am thing like violence or a breach of tha paaee wonM * 3 b place ' nt any of those meetings ? But he won'd reraai the peopls of tha law . He would have placards p » ty through every county telling the peopte that if th committed the slightest violation of the law they wo 2 continue the irfliction of the Union , they woald Lt&sc * an injury on themselves , and they wonld gratify tba enemies . ( Hear , hear . ) If any magistrate or tenoai
authority commanded them to disperse they should d so at onco . The Irish Riot Act only allowed threi minutes to the people to disperse , after which thi troops could fire on the people ; bat he wcnld earnestly recommend the people to disperse at occa Mr . O'Connal ! tn-jn proceeded to refer to a $ 3 ma from the Standard newspaper , which contained a ya . sage from a speech made by Sir Walter Scott mlaemancipation , ia which he said that he could prote a million of Protestants from Antrim and Dowewj- . t d-jwn the Repo . vlsr * , He considered Sir Wafer & . tt no authority on such a matter , as ha had presided »¦ » meeting against emancipation a fortnight before becaa
to Ireland , in order to ensure his popularity in ft country , and he rejoiced that his brother John , its then kept the only staghounds at Killawey , took especial care not to invite him to a stag hunt , tho « ji he made the offer to Miss Edgeworth , whoaccompajkd him . He did not know why tha Protestants and P » byteriaas of the North should not be u interested a getting the fixity of tenure , aud in having the eonntr / prosperous as any other persuasion —( hear , hear ! . Bdfast , it waa true , had a great deal of trade , but would she not have much more under the protection rfi native parliament ? By the late treaty with France thj duty on Irish yarn was raised , while the duty oa E % lish cutlery was lowered ; but woald not an iriihVa
hament at once raise the duty on Yierxa wines ud silks , if such an attempt was made to raise the dot ; on Irish yarns under them—( hear , bear ) . But » hi were the facts ? Instead of the two eounties of Antra and Djwa having a million of Protestants in them , & entire population of both counties was not more thu half a million—( loud cries of hear , hear ) . In Antria there were 223 142 Protestants , and 87 , 351 CsthoSi ; and in Down 2 i > 7 717 Protestants , and 109 4 i 6 Ctt > lies , leaving the majority of Protestants in both on !; 234 , 0 C 2 Protestants , and one-half of these were , i course , women—aud half the remainder ajed and children—th 4 entire surplus fighting population of tha in !
counties would , therefore , be not more than 50 . 0 0—( hear , hear ) . But this- would not be very comfortable iC opposed even to the CathoV \ cs of Ulster s , loas—' i in the archdiocese of Armagh there was a surplus & ¦ tholic populatrn over all sects of Prot « stuts d 783 503 . In tbe archdiocese of Taam tha sarpios Catholic populatien w : s 1 . 142 S 00 ; in Cashei , 2 , 105 , 11 . "; and in Dublin , 879 , 072 , —making in aJi Ireland ; isurplus Catholic population of 4 910 , 492—( bear ) . Tttj . 'aw , therefore , that it <^ as very absurd to pay
anyattation to Sir Walter Sct-tt as an authority upon saa a question as the present He was glad to find that $ » true nature and character of the Repeal question * a daily becomiu . 3 better understood . The Times itielf had anraitted th-. t the Repeal movement waa not »« susceptible of a Esctarutn complexion—no , it wai i national movement inters iari and designed for the b * fifc of all classes of Irishmen irrr-spsctively of religion or political discrepancies , and this was eloquent y evidenced by the fact that every day saw a fresh att * Eton of Protestant gentlemen to their standard .
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SIR J . GRAHAM'S FACTORY BILL . Manchester , Monda . y Evening . —0 a Saturday evening last , and again by adjournment to-day , * nuraeroiH meeting of delegates from » JJ thj cianufacturing districts within thirty miles of this town , was held in their place of meeting . Lonrfnn-nm ci , wr the purpose of considering the Factory Ml now before Parliament . The meeting was very numerously attended , there being between thirty aud tor . j delegates present . , , ^ From tbe statements made it was «« »""? unanimous opinion that ten hours a day is tne W cst period to which factory labour ought to oeeitended . . _ Before the resolutions were put , the delegates wn ouc cf the districts retired , alleging ti : ar , a = w were instructed to advocate eleven hoars , tne ) co ^ no . ' tak- further part in the proceedings . The following resolutions were afterwards uusa iinou--ly adopted : — ,. . y ^ *• That in the opinion of this meeting no « m oiiijht to bo allowftj to work in any ffliL or ia ^ ° ' - until it has completed its ten ' . h year . . ^ ' That tfua meeting stvo ^ y objscta to any vla'ive c-naetmenc which would creatf or mw ^' the working of relays of young hands in owls ^ factories against adult labour . . -,, " T ., at a petition , founded upon ^ ^ f " ^ drawn np , .-ijjned by the chairman , and f » W ' to Lord Ashley for presentation to tha Uou » e Commons . "
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O'CONNOR , Esq . of . ^ Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , * ' «¦ ., tag Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , MarSet-street , » w ^ and PobliBhed by the said Joshua * ^ ( for tho add Fkabgcs Q'Cokvo * , ) ? " « i ling-howe . No . 5 , MWk ^ rtreet , Bngg ^ Winternil Cemmunicatfon existing between v *> ^ No . « , Market-rtrart , and the » W Nos . - ^ 13 , Market-stree * . Briggate , thus eoMbtnw whole of the « ud Printing and Publish ^ one Premise * . All Communications must be addressed , P <* - Mr . HOBSON , Northern Star O < 5 ce , L < w ^ ( Saturday , May 27 , 18 * 3 . )
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LOYAL NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION . Tae usual weekly meeting of ihe Loyal National Kt-peal Association was held on Monday , at the Orn-Exchirjge . The room was crowded almost to suffocation , and hundreds went away from the door , unable to effect an entrance . After the handing in o ; funds , Mr . OTonmjll said , 1 have tne honour to announce that the Repeal rent for the pjM . wer-kanx-ints to SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX POUNDS TWELVE SHILLINGS AND FvURPENC . ' .- ( tremendous applause w > , i-h Issicd fwr several minutes without intermir-i u ) . Air . O'ConweH observed that he waa wronj ; : : . i :. noi ::: ciri it as the Repi . il rent , he should havrt t ^ nr . p ' ¦ ' rho Pe- 'l -ad Wellington contribution —( laughter .-nfl c-v .-or ?) . Dr . Giuy v . tae :: called to tho chair . Mr . O'Con . nkll moved tho thanks of the meeting t » Mr . Langtree , and expressed hi ;* satisfaction that the chair had that day been occupied by thrco Protestant gentlemen successively —( cheers ) .
AD / OUR . NEP MEETING—TUESDAY . E . W . O'Mauoxy , E ? q ., was called to the chair , and after some other business , Mr . O'CosjiELL said that he rose to call the attention of the association to the present state of publio affiirs , to the course which they tbreaien to take , and the mode in which Ireland ougUt to resist farther despotism . In co ; ibi ,. ering the steps tha ' . should betaken by the British Government , aud by tho British pcople , it was most material to ascertain what the present state of the facts arc . II ¦ :, took up tne declarations of Sir Robert , h . d ai : d the Dake of Wellington , in both H-ju ^ es or Parliament , and he foiiad > n them as they appear in the newspaper reptT ; P } a most important and significant omission .
Id those declarations tfcey recited the resolutions ot 1834 , as they were menacious and threatening , but they suppress those resolutions as far as they were conciliatory and promising . It was iu fact a piece of dexterity , he would call it unequalled in its ioily as well as in it 3 turpitude —( hear , hear , and cheeiv ) They attempted to delude the people of England , and they thought they could deludo tho people oi Ireland by threats . It was unjust to the people of both countries . They should have TccoUected . tbai the promise followed the threat i ;; 1834 . The promise cannot be denied , and neither can it be denied that that promise was fallacious , and not carried out . It would be monstroas to allege otherwise , For no huaaa being could be found degraded enough
to make such an assertion . Wishing to take advantage forhig country by any means , or in anyway that could offer , he did not hesitate to suspend tbe agitation lor the Repeal ia order to give England time to perform a promise so solemnly entered into ; but let nobody Buppose that ho was at the time deluded into a belief that the promise would ha ? e been fuifiJJed—< hear ) . He merely wished to put England in the wrong . He said to them— " Recollect that the people of Ireland have given up the agitation for Eepea ) , and that they now look fo you for justice , and the redress of their grievances . " But has any one of these grievances been redressed—( hear , hear ) 3 On the contrary , they have been increased considerably , as he meant to Bhow them
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct483/page/8/
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